Randonneurs Ontario

Upcoming Events

Toronto Chapter

Crewsing for a Brewsing 200
Sat June 7 2025 07:30
Creemore
Aldershot-Lake Erie 200
Sat June 14 2025 08:00
Aldershot GO

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Huron Chapter

Nassagaweya 300
Sat June 7 2025 06:00
Tim Horton's, 465 Phillip St, Waterloo, ON
Tour de Essex 100
Sat June 14 2025 08:00
Tim Horton's, 5 Amy Croft Dr.,Windsor, ON

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Ottawa Chapter

Dirty Prior 200
Sat June 7 2025 07:00
Cavanagh Community Park, Ashton
Animalathon 300
Sat June 14 2025 06:00
Park & Ride, Carp Rd at Westbrook Rd, Stittsville

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Simcoe Chapter

Bard's Quest 600
Sat June 28 2025 06:00
Tim Hortons, Fairview Rd at Essa, Barrie
Granite Anvil Populaire 100
Sun August 24 2025 08:00
Tim Hortons, Fairview Rd at Essa, Barrie

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2023 Randonneurs Ontario Access Grant

In 2023, we released the Randonneurs Ontario Access Grant to reduce barriers to the ultra-distance riding community. This access grant was for someone from a group under-represented in the ultra-distance riding community that would have otherwise not been able to participate in Randonneurs Ontario events.

Learn more about the 2023 RO Access Grant

About us

Randonneurs Ontario is an ultra-distance cycling club. We've been riding 200km+ events southern Ontario since 1982.

Randonneurs Ontario is affiliated with the Audax Club Parisien, the parent organization governing the qualification of riders wishing to participate in the 1200K Paris - Brest - Paris Randonnee. The club is also affiliated with Les Randonneurs Mondiaux, which provides recognition for brevets other than Paris - Brest - Paris that are longer than 1000K.

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Recent member reports

The Great Canada Bicycle Tour 600km brevet ride report by Martin Cooper

The Great Canada Bicycle Tour 600km Introduction On May 6-7 I participated in an amazing 600 km bicycle tour of southern Ontario first undertaken by the Chicago Bicycle Club in 1883. Of course, their ride pre-dated the invention of the inflatable tire and was done on heavy steel penny-farthing bicycles. While they spent more than one-week touring Ontario, we had to complete the same route in under 40 hours, including time spent stopping for food and sleep. In addition, the Chicago wheelmen were fully supported, while our ride was self-supported except for the overnight. The route began in ...

The Great Canada Bicycle Tour 600km brevet ride report by Michael Charland

How not to Ride a Brevet – A Long-winded Tale About The Great Canadian Bicycle Ride Tour (GCBT) is a 600km bike ride in honour of the 140th anniversary of the original ride done done in 1883. For a great in-depth article see: https://blog.randonneursontario.ca/?p=1361. It was held on May 6th and 7th of 2023. The Day Before… I chose to ride from home to Burlington which was about 100km. Long term plans here are get use to riding consecutive long-distance rides. Ride went super smooth as I took it really, really easy. I road through Joe Sames Leisure Park which was really nice. I arrived at ar...

2022 Virtual Symposium

On 16 February 2022 we held our second Virtual Symposium! A perfect way to get better acquainted with randonneuring and to help you pull through the winter to get to the season start.

Topics included: Hardware: The right stuff for randonneuring; Software: Nutrition, night riding, and mental toughness; Categories of rides: Brevets, Devil's Week and the flèche; Grand Brevets: Granite Anvil and Paris-Brest-Paris; Randonneurs Ontario awards; A first-hand experience riding a 1,000km brevet; Moderated Q&A with the speakers

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